Sunset over Shallow Bay on Lake Manapouri. The Moturau Hut located near here on the shore of the lake is used as the final stop in the four day trek which is known as the Keplar track. The lake is surrounded by the Kepler Mountains, Turret Range and Hunter Mountains and was formed by glaciers during the last Holocene. It is New Zealand’s second deepest lake measuring 444 metres (1,457 ft) deep. Lake Manapouri falls within the Fiordland National Park and the wider region of Te Wahipounamu South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. South Island, New Zealand.
The treacherous south cost of Bruny Island as seen from the Bruny Island Lighthouse Three ships sank off the cost here in 1835, the 'Enchantress' with the loss of 17 lives, the convict transport George III, with the loss of 134 lives and the 'Wallace' without loss of life. As a result of these tragedies the Bruny Lighthouse was commissioned and completed in 1838. It is the second oldest extant lighthouse tower in Australia, as well as having the longest (158 years) history of being continuously manned. www.robertdowniephotography.com Love Life, Love Photography
An full Easter moon rises as the sun sets over one of the most significant archaeological sites in the world. The Walls of China is a lunette that sits on the eastern side of the ancient Lake Mungo stretching for more than 33 km. It is made up of three distinct layers; the reddish Gol Gol layer, formed between 100,000 and 120,000 years ago,while the archaeologically prolific middle greyish layer or Mungo layer, deposited between 50,000 and 25,000 years ago with the most recent Zanci layer, which is pale brown, being laid down mostly between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago. The scientific evidence shows that Aboriginal people have lived at Mungo for at least 45,000 years. This is the dated age of the oldest stone artifacts and human remains that have been found so far, and represents a lineage that extends back over some 2000 generations. Lake Mungo dried up almost 14,000 years ago and is located in the deep Outback of NSW, Australia
